First off, I'd like to apologize for any communications we might have missed yesterday. I run the office now and the guys knock out the work. Monday, I was in Granbury for the funeral of one of my dearest friend's mother. I will get back to every body by the end of the day in the order messages were left.

The guys got a ton done while I was gone.

Leah's Isuzu alternator problems and valve cover leak are taken care of.

My father's oldsmobile now has working a/c.

James' YJ cage is done mostly done. She just needs the seat cage, front and rear harness bars, finishing welds, and paint.

Cory's 4Runner lacks very little. Pedals, shifters, and most of the wiring are done. Still need to finish the wiring, install the intake and hoses, plumb the clutch hydraulics, modify the exhaust that was built around the automatic tranny, cut the hole in the hood for intake clearance, and fire that bitch up.

We will be focusing on the 4runner, YJ cage, and firebird wiring today.

The rest of the week will be dedicated to a Camburg 2wd F150 kit, Dallas' 8.8 TJ swap, the Jeepspeed rear air bumps and seat cage. We will also squeeze in a trackbar for a coil sprung Scout and some steering work on an EB. As time permits, we will be going through an FJ40 that has sat in a field for two years, trying to get it back towards road worthy status.

What a busy week!

Today was pretty productive. Eric got all of the mounting plates built for the YJ cage. Chris got a few of the bars in place. The rest of the cage should go pretty quickly tomorrow.

Ted is whipping away on cory's 4runner. The complete drivetrain is mounted and together. After the pedals and shifters go in, we'll make the clutch lines, bleed the slave, and move on to the wiring.

I knocked out some brakes on a Grand Cherokee. tomorrow we will continues with the YJ cage and 4Runner. If there is time on Friday, we'll do the seat cage in the Jeepspeed and wiring on the Trans AM.

Next week will be a Rubicon ARB and regear, a 8.8 TJ swap, a Scout traction bar, an WJ40 rewire and maybe a few others.

Chris finished the Jeepspeed rear shocks. We will be focussing on the seat cage in the next parts of this build.

Right now we are looking at James' YJ cage. It will probably model closely to the poison spyder trail cage design, but not have the cheesy plate steel brackets on the dash. It will also have the front seats tied in to the cage and a removable rear harness bar.

Ted and Eric have Cory's 5spd and clutch in place. We are tracking down the correct bellhousing bolts before the t-case goes up. Tonight we'll get the pedal assembly and shifter off of one of Patrick's parts yotas. Once the bellhousing is secure and the t-case is installed with the modified adapter plate, we can check for issues with crossmember mounting and rear driveshaft length. The clutch master cylinder should be here in a day or two.

I finally got my diesel back on the road. Turns out the injector I bought was faulty. I will wait for my refund before I publically blast the company.

Tomorrow we'll continue on Cory's truck and the YJ cage. We will also have an 8.8 swap at the end of the week in Dallas' TJ. Next week we will continue to work on the Jeepspeed, pull Tori's FJ40 in and look at some wiring, regear Patrick's Rubicon, build a track bar for a coil sprung Scout, and maybe start on removal of the 12V to be swapped in Mark's Suburban.

Ted and Eric knocked out most of Aaron's Rubicon upgrades... Savvy offroad aluminum raised gas tank skid, Clayton oil pan and t-case skid/crossmember, 3/4" poly spacers, 1" motor mounts. We are waiting on inner axle seals for the front from the dealer so we can get this truck off the lift and I can work on my truck!

Hopefully Ted can finish the e-brake system on Henry's yota while we wait.

Chris and I are coming up with design pics for James' YJ cage. He should have the Jeepspeed rear shocks done soon. I'll probably work on the website photo gallery a bit.

I'm closer on the diesel. going to try a couple procedures tomorrow and hopefully I will have my truck back. The guys and some friends have been helping me out with that.

Ted has been mentoring Eric and helping me out around the shop today. Eric is doing great. He prepped the Clayton skids with paint, installed the trail gear sliders and Daystar 1" motor mounts on the Rubicon.

Chris figured out a game plan on mounting the rear bypass shocks in John's Jeepspeed today, despite some cage work that will get removed. Tomorrow he'll work on that. If there is time left, we will start stripping the interior of James' YJ and designing his family style roll cage... 6 point, spreaders, grab handles, seat cage, harness bars front and rear.

Ted will be working on Henry's 4runner if thedamn brake cables show up. He will also tackle the front D44 seals in Aaron's Rubicon while Eric does motor, tranny, and gas tank skids with some 3/4" coil spacers in the mix too.

The rest of the week will be finishing up the vehicles we have a the shop, working on the rollcage, and we will drag Cory's 4runner back in. Ted and Eric will work on the wiring and mounting the 5spd/chain drive t-case. I think we have everything we need except the master cylinder and pedal assembly to complete that swap, assumng we don't need any driveshaft work. But that's unlikely.

The weekend was good. Chris and I finished up a couple things on the race car so we could run it on saturday. She pulls really well with the new dual carb set up. The tranny is geared perfect for the new motor and the shifter glides like butter. 5099 is a completely different animal now. All she needs are a few tweaks here and there, a jet kit and some brake maintenance. She should be good for some more practice time and finally back to racing!

Yesterday, Ted was moving out of his house. Chris and I worked on the 12V suburban bid and did research about what it's going to take.

We also swapped an injector on my F350. Hopefully, we'll get all the air purged out later today.

This will be a good day. Ted will work on Henry's e-brake system and Joe's Trans Am. Chris has the rear shocks to mount on te Jeepspeed. Eric will start working with us today and get familiar with the shop. I'm going to the tax office and try to finish my Ford

this bumper is kicking my ass. back to the drawing board for some reengineering.

Ted did a Tundra leveling kit and worked on Henry's e-brake.

Chris finished the Jeepspeed engine cage.

Tomorrow, I'll figure out what to do with this Landcruiser. Ted will finish the e-brake and start on the 5spd conversion on Cory's 4Runner. Chris will work on the rear shock mounts in the Jeepspeed.

We also have to prep 5099 so we can test it out saturday. Next week we will continue with Cory's 4runner. Build a cage for James' YJ. Start planning this 12V swap in the 2500 Suburban. And will look at rewiring an FJ40 with a V8 and nitrous.